STRAW DOGS The remake already has James Marsden (X-Men) to play the role that belonged to Dustin Hoffman in the original version, a Hollywood screenwriter who relocates with his wife to her hometown in Mississippi. And now Variety reported that 2 more has joined the cast. Superman Returns‘ Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth or some would call her the pretty girl whose right eye is of slightly different color than the left, she’ll play the wife, who left the South for LA. to become an actress and returns home so her husband can finish his script in quiet.
And the man who would’ve been a decent THOR, Alexander Skarsgard as an ex-football hero who sees the return of his former girlfriend as a way to reclaim glory
Rod Lurie wrote the script and will direct for Screen Gems. Production will begin in August.
The original 1971 Sam Peckinpah movie was quite brutal because the couple was harassed by local bullies and the wife is raped.
